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Putnam County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Putnam County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Census Taker's Remarks

The past year was uncommonly healthy, no contagious diseases prevailed, and generally the county is healthy. Its formation is mainly of a rolling pine country, good lands, fine large timber and good water.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Lehnbauer, George I.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Putnam County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Davis, George M.	8 months	Female	White		Chicken pox
1	2	Causey, E.	17 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	3	Garner, James	4 years	Female	White		Brain fever
1	4	Saunders, J. R.	70 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
1	5	Prist, Gabriel C.	4 days	Male	Black	Slave	Cholera infantum
1	6	Prist, Hannah	55 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	7	Tiner, Jessee	18 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	8	Trowell, Nathan	27 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	9	Johns, Isaac	1 year	Male	White		Fever
1	10	Sylvester, John P.	22 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	11	Hart, H. L.	1 year	Male	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	12	[Unnamed male]	8 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by Hubbard L. Hart
1	13	Lynch, Charles	30 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	14	Quaterman, Eliza W.	28 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	15	[Unnamed person]	3 days		Black	Slave	Infancy	Enslaved by Eliza W. Quaterman
1	16	Curry, John	57 years	Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	17	Egan, W. H.	25 years	Male	Mulatto		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	18	Daniels, Willy	1 year	Male	Mulatto		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	19	[Unnamed male]	75 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	20	[Unnamed male]	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	21	[Unnamed male]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	22	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Measles	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	23	[Unnamed female]	8 days	Female	Black	Slave	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley; twin of #24
1	24	[Unnamed male]	20 days	Male	Black	Slave	Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley; twin of #23
1	25	May, Susan	56 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	26	Barber, Cornilius	57 years	Male	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	27	[Unnamed male]	9 days	Male			Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by Cornilius Barber
1	28	Philpot, Anderson	18 years	Male	White		Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	29	[Unnamed person]	1 day		Black	Slave	Infancy	Enslaved by F. M. McMeekin; twin of #30
1	30	[Unnamed person]	1 day		Black	Slave	Infancy (deformed)	Twin of #29
1	31	[Unnamed male]	17 years	Male	Black	Slave	Burned to death	Enslaved by William Johnson
1	32	Saunders, Lauvana	44 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	33	Boothe, William	58 years	Male	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	34	Green, Archibald	8 days	Male	White		Infancy
1	35	[Unnamed male]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by J. H. Verdier
2	1	[Unnamed male]	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Spasms	Enslaved by J. H. Verdier
2	2	[Unnamed male]	8 years	Male	Black	Slave	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	3	[Unnamed male]	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	4	[Unnamed female]	3 years	Female	Black	Slave	Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	5	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	6	[Unnamed male]	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	7	[Unnamed male]	28 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	8	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	9	[Unnamed male]	45 years	Male	Black	Slave	Killed by falling off a tree	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	10	Sherehouse, Cetus	3 years	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.

Title

Putnam County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Putnam County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

Lehnbauer, George I.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_putnam_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Davis, George M.	8 months	Female	White		Chicken pox
1	2	Causey, E.	17 years	Male	White		Cholera
1	3	Garner, James	4 years	Female	White		Brain fever
1	4	Saunders, J. R.	70 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
1	5	Prist, Gabriel C.	4 days	Male	Black	Slave	Cholera infantum
1	6	Prist, Hannah	55 years	Male	White		Consumption
1	7	Tiner, Jessee	18 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	8	Trowell, Nathan	27 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy
1	9	Johns, Isaac	1 year	Male	White		Fever
1	10	Sylvester, John P.	22 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	11	Hart, H. L.	1 year	Male	White		Teething
1	12	[Unnamed male]	8 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Dropsy	Enslaved by Hubbard L. Hart
1	13	Lynch, Charles	30 years	Male	White		Consumption
1	14	Quaterman, Eliza W.	28 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	15	[Unnamed person]	3 days		Black	Slave	Infancy	Enslaved by Eliza W. Quaterman
1	16	Curry, John	57 years	Male	White		Dysentery
1	17	Egan, W. H.	25 years	Male	Mulatto		Consumption
1	18	Daniels, Willy	1 year	Male	Mulatto		Pneumonia
1	19	[Unnamed male]	75 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	20	[Unnamed male]	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	21	[Unnamed male]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Teething	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	22	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Measles	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley
1	23	[Unnamed female]	8 days	Female	Black	Slave	Croup	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley; twin of #24
1	24	[Unnamed male]	20 days	Male	Black	Slave	Croup	Enslaved by William Dunn Moseley; twin of #23
1	25	May, Susan	56 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	26	Barber, Cornilius	57 years	Male	White		Dropsy
1	27	[Unnamed male]	9 days	Male			Croup	Enslaved by Cornilius Barber
1	28	Philpot, Anderson	18 years	Male	White		Croup
1	29	[Unnamed person]	1 day		Black	Slave	Infancy	Enslaved by F. M. McMeekin; twin of #30
1	30	[Unnamed person]	1 day		Black	Slave	Infancy (deformed)	Twin of #29
1	31	[Unnamed male]	17 years	Male	Black	Slave	Burned to death	Enslaved by William Johnson
1	32	Saunders, Lauvana	44 years	Male	White		Consumption
1	33	Boothe, William	58 years	Male	White		Dropsy
1	34	Green, Archibald	8 days	Male	White		Infancy
1	35	[Unnamed male]	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia	Enslaved by J. H. Verdier
2	1	[Unnamed male]	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Spasms	Enslaved by J. H. Verdier
2	2	[Unnamed male]	8 years	Male	Black	Slave	Worms	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	3	[Unnamed male]	4 years	Male	Black	Slave	Worms	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	4	[Unnamed female]	3 years	Female	Black	Slave	Diarrhea	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	5	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Dysentery	Enslaved by May & Simpkins
2	6	[Unnamed male]	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	7	[Unnamed male]	28 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	8	[Unnamed female]	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Pneumonia	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	9	[Unnamed male]	45 years	Male	Black	Slave	Killed by falling off a tree	Enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc.
2	10	Sherehouse, Cetus	3 years	Male	White		Diarrhea

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Davis, George M., ca.1860-ca.1860

Causey, E., ca.1843-ca.1860

Garner, James, ca.1856-ca.1860

Saunders, J. R., ca.1790-ca.1860

Prist, Gabriel C., ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Prist, Hannah, ca.1805-ca.1860

Tiner, Jessee, ca.1842-ca.1860

Trowell, Nathan, ca.1833-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Johns, Isaac, ca.1859-ca.1860

Sylvester, John P., ca.1838-ca.1860

Hart, H. L., ca.1859-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1852-ca.1860 (enslaved by Hubbard L. Hart)

Lynch, Charles, ca.1830-ca.1860

Quaterman, Eliza W., ca.1832-ca.1860

[Unnamed person], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Eliza W. Quaterman)

Curry, John, ca.1803-ca.1860

Egan, W. H., ca.1835-ca.1860

Daniels, Willy, ca.1859-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1785-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

[Unnamed male], ca.1856-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

[Unnamed male], ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

[Unnamed female], ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Dunn Moseley)

May, Susan, ca.1804-ca.1860

Barber, Cornilius, ca.1803-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Cornilius Barber)

Philpot, Anderson, ca.1842-ca.1860

[Unnamed person], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by F. M. McMeekin)

[Unnamed person], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed male], ca.1843-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Johnson)

Saunders, Lauvana, ca.1816-ca.1860

Boothe, William, ca.1802-ca.1860

Green, Archibald, ca.1860-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1858-ca.1860 (enslaved by J. H. Verdier)

[Unnamed male], ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved by J. H. Verdier)

[Unnamed male], ca.1852-ca.1860 (enslaved by May & Simpkins)

[Unnamed male], ca.1856-ca.1860 (enslaved by May & Simpkins)

[Unnamed female], ca.1857-ca.1860 (enslaved by May & Simpkins)

[Unnamed female], ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved by May & Simpkins)

[Unnamed male], ca.1800-ca.1860 (enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc. )

[Unnamed male], ca.1832-ca.1860 (enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc. )

[Unnamed female], ca.1859-ca.1860 (enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc. )

[Unnamed male], ca.1815-ca.1860 (enslaved by Spier for A. H. Cole, etc. )

Sherehouse, Cetus, ca.1857-ca.1860

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